Russia: Bill No. 1015918-7 prohibiting restrictions on installation of third-party software and establishing 20% on app commission

Progress

Current status

rejected

16 Nov 2021 rejected

01 Sep 2020 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers

Russia

Policy Area

Competition

Policy Instrument

Unilateral conduct regulation

Regulated Economic Activity

technological consumer goods

software provider: app stores

software provider: other software

Government Branch

legislature

Government Body

parliament

Implementation Level

national

Timeline of events

16 Nov 2021

rejected

Rejected Bill No. 1015918-7 prohibiting restrictions on installation of third-party software and establishing 20% on app commission

On 16 November 2021, the Bill on Marketplace (N1015918-7) aiming at regulating app stores was rejected by the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications. The Bill would have prohibited providers of operat…

Source

Event type law

Action type rejection

Government branch legislature

Government body parliament

01 Sep 2020

under deliberation

Introduced Bill No. 1015918-7 prohibiting restrictions on installation of third-party software and establishing 20% on app commission

On 1 September 2020, the Bill on Marketplace (N1015918-7) regulating app stores was introduced in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The Bill would prohibit providers of operating systems installed on a cell phone, tablet, computer or any oth…